George W. Bush: “I'm incredibly optimistic about the future of this country, because I understand the strength of the country.”

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

The American economy has consistently proven its strength and resilience in the face of shocks such as natural disasters, high energy prices, and the terrorist attacks of September 11.

We are grateful to the first responders and volunteers who are working to find the missing and comfort the grieving at Camp Mystic and along the Guadalupe.

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.